Category: Overcoming Obstacles

Three platypus rescued during Australian bushfires have been released back into the wild.
Animals, Good News, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

Three Rescued Platypus Released Back Into Wild After Being Saved During Australian Bushfires

These three adorable platypus have been getting some TLC at the Taronga Zoo The platypus has to be one of the cutest, oddest, quirkiest animals in the world. Mammals who lay eggs and sport a duck-shaped bill. Does it get any more fun than that? I was surprised to see during a visit to Australia last year how tiny they are. These animals are precious to Australia. So when many became endangered during the bushfires late last year, wildlife experts

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Chef Kara Haltiwanger lowers sandwich to customer in a bucket.
Businesses Who Rock, Food, Good News, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

Bucket and Rope Hack Lets Chef Deliver Her Famous Sandwiches to Dedicated Customers During Lockdown

Chef Kara Haltiwanger won’t let the coronavirus shutdown get between her sandwiches and customers The sandwiches and food chef Kara Haltiwanger makes have some serious devotees. She is a chef and caterer in Hollywood, California who has faced financial stress since the coronavirus hit. She simply cannot do her regular business. Genius hack Haltiwanger has come up with an idea that helps supplement her income. You might call it a literal drop in the bucket. Spectrum 1’s Itay Hod shot

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Zoom call make up and lighting tips.
Overcoming Obstacles

Zoom Makeup And Lighting Tips To Feel Better About How You Look On Video Conference Calls

Zoom makeup and lighting tips can make you feel better about how you look on camera Zoom makeup and lighting tips to the rescue. I feel you. You were thrust into a working from home situation and shoved in front of the camera. You’re doing it with your job and all those friends who want a chance to see your gorgeous face. Thing is, you don’t feel so gorgeous. I’ve curated for you what I think are three good YouTube

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100-year-old NC Sock Company Pivots To Make Face Super Comfortable Face Masks-Available Now!

Sock company committed to saving jobs and making comfortable face masks you can wear all day-even with a full beard! There’s this sock company in High Point, North Carolina. Harriss and Covington. They’ve been making socks since 1920. American made socks and hosiery-how awesome is that? For 100 years! Then comes along the coronavirus crisis. Like businesses across the US, they had to shut down. That meant almost 300 people out of work. Two NC companies come together Dr. BJ

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New dad Drew Wolfe announces the birth of his baby through hospital window.
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New Dad Announces Baby’s Birth Through Hospital Window To Waiting Grandparents

Hospital window was the platform for new dad, Drew Wolfe, to deliver his family’s great news Best news through the hospital window The hospital window at Northwestern Medicine’s Prentice Women’s Hospital had all the attention this week of a family waiting to hear about a baby’s arrival. This wasn’t in the original birth plan at all Add this way of delivering the news to a long list of things Drew and Brittany Wolfe didn’t expect when Brittany got pregnant last

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo makes video conference weddings legal in New York state.
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Video Conference Weddings Now Legal In New York State Thanks To Governor’s Executive Order

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo makes video conference weddings legal Video conference weddings are now the new legal answer to frustrated brides and grooms in New York state. Saturday, Governor Andrew Cuomo made it the new law of the land. ‘There’s now no excuse when the question comes up. You can do it by Zoom.’ NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Here’s the governor’s official tweet. I love one woman’s response! Aww.. that's sweet. Thank you, Gov Cuomo! Can you also help

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Stranger Helps Divorced Couple Overcome Their Canceled Second Wedding And Makes Daughter’s Wish Come True

Divorced couple Adrianne and Gabriel Taylor were determined to see their rekindled love win Adrianne and Gabriel Taylor have the best second wedding story for our uncertain times. They were first married 10 years ago. “We did so much wrong,” Adrianne shared with me when I reached her by phone. “Plus, we had stressors like having a baby, moving to a new city, and both starting new jobs.”      The marriage lasted three years.      Adrianne is not one to

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Good News, Heroes, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

Beloved ER Doctor Gets Hero Sendoff After Surviving Coronavirus At His New Jersey Hospital

ER Doctor James Pruden is a longtime community health leader and now a survivor ER specialist Dr. James Pruden was given a hero’s sendoff in New Jersey from St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the very hospital where he works and leads staff. Doctors diagnosed Dr. Pruden with the coronavirus over a month ago. His hospital’s staff has been treating him in their ICU. Tuesday, he was recovered enough to go home and the entire hospital wanted him to know how

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Friends throw surprise bridal shower for woman who had to cancel her wedding.
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Friends Throw Surprise Bridal Shower In Parking Lot For Woman Who Had To Cancel Her Wedding

The surprise bridal shower Sheila Brosnan walked into last week certainly was not the celebration she was planning in Ashburn, Virginia. But then, what is, these days? When Brosnan had to cancel her wedding to Terence Gavin because of the coronavirus lockdown, just about all her wedding dreams seemed to be ruined. Maybe that’s why she didn’t have a clue when Gavin casually suggested they take a Sunday drive. Instead of a car ride, she noticed a bunch of people

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College Student Makes Masks For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

Masks for deaf feature clear panel showing wearer’s mouth College student Ashley Lawrence is making masks for deaf and hard of hearing people. She’s a student at Eastern Kentucky University where she’s studying education for the deaf. That’s how she was so in tune with the need. She explained to Lex18.com that ASL users depend a lot on facial expressions to communicate. That’s part of the grammar. She points to ASL interpreter Virginia Moore who signs for the daily news

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